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George C. Marshall Quotes

1880–1959 United States

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Also known as: George Marshall, Marshall Plan, Marshall, George

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If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.

The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.

We must present democracy as a force holding within itself the seeds of unlimited progress by the human race.

Essentials to Peace (1953)

It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory.

The refusal of the British and Russian peoples to accept what appeared to be inevitable defeat was the great factor in the salvage of our civilization.

I have done my best, and I hope I have sown some seeds which may bring forth good fruit.

Essentials to Peace (1953)

I am certain that a solution of the general problem of peace must rest on broad and basic understanding on the part of its peoples.

Essentials to Peace (1953)

When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.

George C. Marshall and the Marshall Plan: A Model of Transformational Diplomacy (2005)

I would say—when the fighting is at its fiercest, it is invariably the Infantry that carries the ball over for the touchdown.

Not one American soldier is going to die on that goddamned beach.

For the past ten years conditions have been abnormal. The feverish preparation for war and the more feverish maintenance of the war effort engulfed all aspects of national economies.

The Marshall Plan Speech (1947)

The hardest thing I ever did was keep my temper at that time.

I cannot afford the luxury of sentiment, mine must be cold logic.

George Marshall: Defender of the Republic (2019)

The time has come when we must proceed with the business of carrying the war to the enemy, not permitting the greater portion of our armed forces and our valuable material to be immobilized within the continental United States.

The one great element in continuing the success of an offensive is maintaining the momentum. This was lost last fall when shortages caused by the limitation of port facilities made it impossible to get sufficient supplies to the armies when they approached the German border.

If we proceed in this manner, there should develop a dynamic philosophy which knows no restrictions of time or space.

Essentials to Peace (1953)

I need not tell you that the world situation is very serious. That must be apparent to all intelligent people.

The Marshall Plan Speech (1947)

Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is élan, esprit de corps and determination.

I don't want you fellows sitting around asking me what to do. I want you to tell me what to do.

I said bluntly that if the president were to follow Mr. Clifford's advice and if in the elections I were to vote, I would vote against the president.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: George C. Marshall (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.